The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on May 19 that he was “deeply concerned” by an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which has spilt into Uganda, believed to have killed 131 people.

Some 88 people have died from the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever in the DR Congo, with one death in Uganda, and at least 336 suspected cases.

At least 80 people have died in what the World Health Organization says potentially could be a "much larger outbreak than what is currently being detected and reported".